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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Ever
wonder what happens to rental cars once they are no longer the most current
model year, recalled, or something like that?It honestly never really crossed my mind.I assumed they got auctioned off or sold, and
while that may be the case in most locations, Hawaii seems to be a little
different.

The
last job that I had involved lots of traveling.However, I am cheap, so regardless of where I went, I walked everywhere
and the only thing I spent was time, and I spent it enjoying the sights and
taking pictures.

One of
the locations I was at was Hawaii.I made
extensive use of the GPS on my phone to find my way around, and on the on the
island of Kauai, I decided to walk to the Ahukini
Recreation Pier State Park.From the
GPS view, it looked like a good place to see some sights.However, when looking at the map, I saw what
looked like a junkyard.Naturally I had
to check it out for Rotting in
Style.I mean, why not?It was next to the road I had to walk down
anyway.

When
I got there, I was surprised to find myself looking at dozens of year or two
year old Mustangs and Camaros.Lines and
lines of these cars bumper to bumper.Next
to them were Jeeps, minivans, compact cars, trucks, and more, all just a couple
years old.I wasn’t exactly sure what I
was looking at.

I walked
down the rows and looked for cars with door pins that were up.After locating all of those, I walked back
down the row again and hopped in one of the cars while no one was driving down
the road.Inside the car, I found rental
car paperwork.So I guess when they are
done with them, they end up here!

Now
these cars are only a few years old, and they are located on ONE island, but
the ones that I saw had 15,000 to 22,000 plus miles on them!I also learned that with a Camaro, you don’t
need a key to get the radio to turn on, so needless to say, I listened to some
tunes.

I
assume in most situations, the cars would be packed up on a truck and delivered
to wherever they are destined to go next.If they are on an island though, I guess you have to wait to have enough
to stick them on a cargo ship or something.It was pretty cool to see lines and lines of these cars.Most of them where completely exposed, and
only a handful were behind a locked fence area.It was sad to report that none of the cars had the keys in them.Yes, I did look.

It
was something I’ll probably never see again.Needless to say, while most of the people I worked with were off
swimming or looking at volcanoes, I was admiring the nearly 100 cars that just
sat in a field awaiting their next life.Ah the sights of Hawaii.

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